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“Software might stop being free unless we start paying for it” has a certain circular irony.
by BurritoAlPastor 6y ago
“Software might stop being free unless we start paying for it” has a certain circular irony.
- parhamn 6y agoOnly if you squint at and reduce the actual matter enough so you can make a cute point.
- fiddlerwoaroof 6y agoYeah, this is the ambiguity GNU/FSF people go on and on about. “Free” in the interesting sense means “available to modify and use as you like, as long as you don’t prevent other people from doing the same”
- paulryanrogers 6y agoIt's not ironic if you consider the intent is that software paid for by other companies or volunteers may no longer be if huge companies take all the upside.